Band of Brothers 02 - Day of Days

Standing in the door I could see...
the lights on the drop zone,
and I had to assume
that was our drop zone,
way in the...
ahead of us.
And saw that we
had the red light,
I had everybody
standing up ready to jump,
so, when the plane
started to get hit,
and suddenly the pilot
gives me the green light,
I'm out the door, immediately.
We got such a opening
blast from the opening shot,
from the prop-blast that
it broke this chin strap
that we had on
this helmet of mine,
and that's when I
lost this famous leg-bag,
that everybody talks about,
just from the
shock of the opening.
It just flew right off my foot.
We came from the sky.
We hit, and in any
direction you went
there would be enemy,
you knew it.
And that was all part
of what you accepted.
How do you prepare
yourself, mentally?
Each man must
do that himself.
Each man must prepare
himself mentally,
to make that jump.
At the back of your mind you,
you know, you wonder
what's gonna
happen and all that.
You know you've been trained
and trained and trained
and what your job is gonna be,
and what you're
supposed to do and...
oh, that's what you gotta
think about, you know?
And we lost a lot
of people that night,
but you try to put it
all out of your mind.
Give me a light.
Lip, did Evans make it?
Yes, sir.
He's in lieutenant
Meehan's stick, sir.
Lieutenant Meehan!
Lieutenant Meehan.
Will could use some help.
Will.
Will, hey.
Will, I need your help here.
Get ready!
Stand up!
Hook up!
Equipment check!
Sound off for
equipment check!
Ten okay!
Nine okay!
Eight okay!
Seven okay!
Six okay!
Five okay!
Four okay!
Three okay!
Two okay!
One okay!
Jesus Christ!
Let's go, let's go!
Does that light
look green to you?
No, let's go!
I'm hit! Ahh!
Jesus, tell Meehan to
get them out of there!
Ahh...!
2:00!
Oh, Jesus Christ!
Go!
I wanna jump, sir!
Now, listen to me,
stay on the plane,
you're not jumping!
He's okay.
No sir, no!
Alright, sonofabitch.
Where's the goddamn dz?
Maybe it's three more
minutes on this bearing!
We get any lower,
we ain't gonna need
any friggin' parachutes!
Slow down!
We gotta get some altitude!
They can't jump at this speed!
We there?
Oh god!
Oh, no!
Oh!
Let's go!
Flash!
Shit!
I don't think that's
the correct reply, trooper.
I say "flash",
you say "thunder".
Yes, sir, thunder, sir.
Musette bag.
Coach?
Sir, it's Hall, sir.
I was on the basketball team.
Leg-bag?
Prop blast got it, sir,
and my radio and
batteries with it.
Mine, too.
Mine are somewhere
behind those trees.
Okay.
Follow me.
To hell with that!
Wait until they reload.
Go.
Aren't you D company?
Able, sir.
Guess that means one of us
is in the wrong drop zone, sir?
Yeah, or both of us.
Do you have a weapon, sir?
Just my knife.
Do you have any
idea where we are, sir?
Some.
So, you're a radio man?
Yes, sir.
Well, I was until I lost
my radio on the jump.
I'm sure I'll get
chewed out for that.
Well, if you were in my platoon,
I'd tell you you were a rifleman
first and a radio man second.
Well, maybe you could tell
that to my platoon leader
When we find him.
If we find him.
It's a deal.
First, I need your help.
We'll locate some
landmarks to get our bearings.
Keep your eyes peeled
for buildings, farmhouses,
bridges, roads, trees.
I wonder if the rest of
them are as lost as we are.
We're not lost, private.
We're in Normandy.
Who's that?
Lieutenant Winters,
is that you?
Get in here, sit down.
Any weapon?
No, sir.
As soon as I hit that
prop blast, so long leg-bag.
All I got is this
knife and some TNT.
These 82nd boys
got their M-1ís, though.
Oh, man, 82nd,
where the hell are we?
Sir, I saw a sign
back thataways,
said, "Sainte Mere-Eglise".
Flashlight.
Raincoat?
You got a raincoat?
Yeah.
We're about seven kilometers
away from our objective.
And four hours away from
when we need to have it secured.
So, we got a lot of walking ahead of us.
You men will stick with
us until we find your unit.
Let's go.
Hey, sarge,
where are we going?
Causeway number two,
Utah beach.
The Germans flooded
the fields inland.
We don't clear those routes,
our boys ain't going nowhere.
Five of us ain't
gonna secure a road.
That louie don't
even have a weapon.
I don't remember hearing about
any railroads near our objective.
I'm telling you,
this is the spur line that
runs parallel to the river.
We should be coming up
to a road and bridge ahead.
Yeah, how would you know?
Because I studied
sandtails, alright?
Probably a friggin' train or--
Shh.
Flash.
Thunder.
Lieutenant, is that you?
Malarkey?
Sir.
Glad to see you, sir.
Good to see you.
Nice to see you guys.
Guarnere.
Sir.
You and Hall up front.
Who the hell is Hall?
Lipton.
Go.
Guarnere.
Wait for my command.
That's enough, Guarnere!
Everyone okay?
Yes, sir.
Next time I say
wait for my command,
you wait for my
command, sergeant.
Yes, sir.
Here you go, lieutenant.
Kraut weapon.
Fine, quaker.
What's that guy's problem?
Gonorrhea.
Really?
His name, dummy,
Guarnere, gonorrhea, get it?
So besides having a
shitty name, what's his problem?
None of your fucking
business, cowboy.
Alright, let's move out.
Sir.
Quietly.
Did you see him?
He just sat there.
He didn't have a weapon.
What's he gonna do,
shout at 'em?
Shouts at me
for killing krauts.
He just wanted you to
wait for his command.
Joe, he don't even drink.
Lipton, Wynn
Anybody need supplies
or ammo, now's the time to get it.
McDowell, you okay?
Yes, sergeant.
Then let's go.
Hey, I promised my kid
brother I'd fetch him back a luger.
So I got first dibs, okay?
Check that one.
It's the navy.
The landings have
started, let's go.
Let's move it out.
Right on time.
Yeah, tell that to him, cowboy.
My name's Hall.
That so?
Let's move out.
You just gotta learn
to return his fire is all.
You gotta realize
it ain't about you.
He just heard his brother--
Malarkey, shut your yap.
His brother got it at Cassino.
Found out before we jumped.
Morning, sir.
Battalion sure will be
happy to see you guys.
Where?
At the farm, sir.
Top of the morning to you fellas.
Enjoying the war?
Where are you from, son?
Eugene, Oregon.
Eugene?
You gotta be kidding me.
Popeye, did you hear this?
I'm from Astoria.
You don't say.
Yeah, Orange street.
What gives?
What, what are you
doing in a kraut uniform?
Volksdeutsche.
Come again?
My family answered the call.
All true Arians should
return to the fatherland.
Joined up in '41.
You're shitting me, right?
Hey, Malarkey,
stop fraternizing with the enemy.
Get over here!
What got you to Eugene?
I was born in Eugene.
Really?
Popeye.
Hey, Popeye.
Hey, Harry.
Carry on.
Oh, Easy company.
Welcome.
Good to see you.
And this here's Hall,
Able company.
Known as cowboy.
You from Texas?
Manhattan.
Hey boss, how ya doin'?
What's goin' on?
What's the hold up?
Not sure.
Five'll get you 10,
it's got something to do with that.
Yeah.
It's good to see you, Dick.
Yeah, you too, Buck.
What's the situation?
Ah, not good.
90 percent of the men
are still unaccounted for.
Lieutenant Meehan?
No, no-one's seen him
or anyone from his plane.
You know, if he is missing,
wouldn't that put you in line to
be the next commander of Easy?
Hey, lieutenant Speirs.
How many men have
Dog company got assembled?
A handful, maybe 20.
You the only officer that made it?
So far.
Still waiting for orders.
You got some cigarettes?
Here.
Hey, keep the pack.
Yeah, so I was in the plant in '39.
That's when I was at
monarch tooling propeller shafts.
No kiddin'.
What are the chances of that, huh?
You and me 100 miles
from each other,
working at practically
the same job, geez.
Hey, Malark,
we're waiting on you.
Yeah, I'm coming.
Well, I gotta run,
I'll see you around.
Yeah, see you around.
Zigaretten?
Here you go.
Danke.
Danke.
Thank you.
Shit.
Easy company?
Easy?
Hey, any of you guys know
where Easy company is?
You seen lieutenant Meehan?
No, not yet.
Well, major Strayer wants
Easy company's CO up front.
Well, I guess that means you, Dick.
C'mon.
Sonofabitch.
Hey, Malark,
where's the best chow?
In Berlin.
Round them up.
And the mg's?
I'd say right around here, sir.
I can't be sure.
There's some
kraut 88's up ahead.
Up ahead and to the right,
about what, 300 yards?
Up through those gardens.
Now, they're right between
us and causeway number two.
Firing on to the
boys landing at Utah.
Think Easy can handle it?
Yes, sir.
'cause my guess is they're
doing some terrible damage there.
The 88's we've been hearing,
have been spotted in a field,
down the road aways.
Major Strayer wants
us to take 'em out.
There are two guns that we
know of, firing on Utah beach,
and plan on a third and a fourth,
here and here.
the Germans are in the trenches,
with access to the entire battery,
and with machine-gun cover in the rear.
We'll establish a base of fire
and move under it hard and
fast with two squads of three.
How many krauts
they think we're facing?
No idea.
No idea?
We'll take some TNT along
with us, to spike the guns.
Lipton, your responsibility.
Yes, sir.
Liebgott, you'll take
the first machine-gun
with Petty, a gunner.
Plesha, Hendrix,
you take the other.
Who does that leave?
Compton, Malarkey,
Toye, Guarnere.
Okay.
We'll be making
the main assault.
Understood?
Yes, sir.
Alright, let's pack it up, boys.
Shouldn't you be outside with
the other Able company guys?
See you around, Hall.
Lipton, when you see
we've captured the first gun,
I want you and your
TNT as fast as possible.
Yes, sir.
Okay, just weapons and ammo,
drop everything else.
got any spare ammo in a
pack or a musette bag,
bring it along.
Lieutenant, sir?
I was wondering, sir,
you need an extra hand?
Ain't you Sink's jeep driver?
So?
Oh, shit.
What's your name, trooper?
Lorraine, sir.
You're with me, Lorraine.
Compton, second squad.
Yes, sir.
Alright, you heard the word,
let's move, let's move.
Three cannons.
Petty, we've got fire.
Right, let's go.
Stay down.
Mg-42's.
I'll draw their fire to
the right from the truck.
Take two men and
hit 'em from the left.
Okay, go.
Right.
Take Ranney, envelop right,
give covering fire.
Lorraine, on the machine-gun.
Don't give away your
position until you have to.
And I want that TNT
as soon as you see
we've captured the first gun.
Go.
Yes, sir.
Go.
I can't see nothing.
C'mon, buck.
Oh, shit!
Let's go!
Follow me!
Oh, fuck!
It just got my ass!
Sorry, sir.
Jesus Christ!
Fucking jeep jockey.
Shit, I'm sorry, sir.
I screwed up.
Grenade!
Joe, Joe, roll on, roll on!
God!
Shit.
You are one lucky bastard, Joe.
Guarnere, Malarkey,
Lorraine, secure that gun!
Compton, covering fire.
Yes, sir!
Where are you hit, Pop?
I can't believe I fucked up.
My ass, sir.
Your ass?
Oh, shit.
Hey, Popeye, how bad is it?
I'm sorry, sir,
I didn't mean to fuck up.
I don't think it's too bad.
You think you can
make it back yourself?
I think so, sir.
Let's move out.
Right, here we go.
Drop your weapon, Pop,
drop your weapon.
Yeah.
C'mon!
One, two, three!
Get down, Dick, get down!
Pop!
Popeye, get down!
Winters, 1:00!
Grenade!
Toye!
Let's go!
Get out of there!
Get out of there!
Toye!
Joe!
Jesus Christ.
Fucking twice.
Jesus Christ!
Lorraine, through, go!
Malark!
Ranney, let's move!
They've got the first gun.
There's the second gun.
Grenades first.
Then keep going, go!
Right.
Okay.
Nicht schieben!
Bitte, nicht schieben.
No make dead!
Shut up.
Nicht schieben!
Shut the fuck up!
No make dead.
Stay down, stay down!
Compton!
Alright, cover for me.
We must be doing
something right.
Look, we got 'em so confused
they're firing on their third gun.
We better blow this
thing before they figure out
What the hell's happening.
I'm gonna go and
see what's keeping Lipton.
Alright.
Toye, cover lieutenant!
I think one of those
dead krauts has a luger.
So what?
Keep your head low, Petty.
C'mon, move it!
Have a little suppressing fire,
why don't you?
Jesus Christ!
Malarkey!
Now you stop firing?
Beautiful.
Shit.
Christ, they must think
he's a medic or something.
He's gonna need
a goddamn medic.
Okay, okay, okay.
Malarkey!
Get low!
What the hell are
you doin', c'mon!
Forgot your friggin' luger?
You want I should go get
it for you, you stupid mick?
Where's Lipton with that TNT?
Don't know, sir.
You'll be alright, Popeye.
I'm sorry, I messed up.
dDn't be sorry.
Hey, sarge?
You think this is
a ticket home?
Maybe.
Shit, I just got here.
Hiya, cowboy.
Shut your fucking
guinea trap, gonorrhea.
He's alright, that kid.
Jesus, you got a whole
kraut platoon out there.
Probably more, captain.
You need help?
I need ammo, sir, lots of it!
and TNT!
I've got TNT, sir.
Good job, private.
Hall, ready!
Sir, I don't have any
way to set it off, sir.
Fire in the hole!
Plesha, covering fire.
Third gun, here!
Lorraine, grab some more of
those potato mashers and follow me.
Malarkey, Hall, you two, go
Running a little low on ammo, sir.
How about you, Malarkey?
Okay.
Think you got enough
to take the third gun?
We'll soon find out, Dick.
Malarkey, let's go!
Toye, cover!
Okay, Hall,
keep your head down.
Hall!
Leave your TNT!
Fire in the hole!
Malarkey, cover the front!
Go to the cannon, go.
Hey, sarge.
I'm looking for
battalion headquarters.
Are you kidding?
It's back that away.
You mean over--
Fire in the hole!
TNT!
TNT!
Don't need it.
What?
Don't need it!
Hall!
Hall?
Where'd he come from?
Winters, Hester said
you needed ammo!
Malarkey!
As much as you can, everyone!
You mind if D company
takes a shot at the next gun?
All yours.
Let's go, Dog company!
Up and at 'em, D company.
Compton!
Who is that, Speirs?
What's he doing
out of the trench?
Oh, what the hell's he doing?
Oh, Jesus.
Sir, had a little trouble
Getting through that first field.
Oh, christ.
We're gonna need
it at the next gun.
Once it's blown,
tell 'em to pull out.
Go!
Yes, sir.
Compton, police them both,
then pull out!
Lorraine, Toye, move out!
Move out!
Move out!
Move it out!
Mg's first.
Fall back to your
original positions.
Everyone else,
maintain your base of fire.
Okay, back to battalion!
Go, go!
They were 105's,
not 88's, sir.
We disabled them
and pulled out.
I figure there's
maybe 40 or so krauts
Still manning three
mg-42's to the rear.
Hey, Popeye.
40?
Yes, sir.
We killed maybe around 20,
So, yeah,
probably there's 40 left.
I think we need artillery,
or maybe mortars
might do the job.
Going my way?
Sure.
Sir.
Careful, don't hurt yourself.
Nice ride you got here, Nix.
Straight from Utah beach.
We should put 'em to
work before they're missed.
By nightfall,
2nd battalion had secured
Sainte Marie-du-Mont,
and elements of the 4th division
were beginning to move
men and material inland.
Most of the 101st airborne,
including Easy company,
were still scattered
all over Normandy,
and the success of the
invasion was far from certain.
We had an hour to rest
and scrounge
whatever food we could
before we had to move south
and secure the
town of Coup de Ville.
I don't wanna die in the back
of this damn truck, is what.
C'mon, you're
stepping on my legs.
Jesus, let me out of here.
Light, light discipline.
Guarnere, close that flap.
Let the krauts cook
their own goddamn food.
How are we doing, Malark?
We're doing good.
Doing good?
Yeah.
What the hell do you know
about cooking, you're Irish.
Sir, if you have a
reservation someplace else--
Just start dishing it.
Thank you.
Shit.
Jesus Christ,
give me some air.
Evening.
Hello, sir.
Did something die in here?
Yeah, Malarkey's ass.
Any word on lieutenant
Meehan yet, sir?
No, not yet.
Don't that make you our
commanding officer, sir?
Yeah, it does.
Sir?
Joe, the lieutenant don't drink.
It's been a day of firsts.
Don't you think, Guarnere?
Yes, sir.
Carry on.
Goodnight, sir.
Oh, sergeant?
Sir?
I'm not a quaker.
If he's from Lancaster county,
he's probably a mennonite.
What's a mennonite?
Hey Dick, wait up!
What?
You know that map you found?
It had every kraut gun
in Normandy on it.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
Here.
Don't ever get a cat.
What's on your mind?
I lost a man today.
Oh.
Hall.
Thanks.
A John Hall,
New Yorker.
Got killed today at Brecourt.
I never knew him.
Yeah, you did.
Radio-op, 506th basketball team,
Able company.
He was a good man.
Man...
Not even old enough
to buy a beer.
Not hungry.
Hey, Dick.
I sent that map up to division.
I think it's gonna do some good.
That night I took
time to thank god
for seeing me through
that day of days,
and prayed I would make
it through "D plus one".
And if, somehow,
I managed to get home again,
I promised god,
and myself,
that I would find a quiet
piece of land someplace
and spend the rest
of my life in peace.
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